Temperance pledges and reform notes in Washingtonian issue
Politically active 1843 Washingtonian issue promotes temperance, health pledges, and subscriber notices. It highlights life of Washington, phrenology journal treats heredity, and invites readers to engage with temperance societies. Mention of Hawkins lectures in Charleston and Alabama temperance convention planning.
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Tin
THE
Washingtonian
W.T. Brasrty
F. M. Lopearson
Life of
Washington
Jared Sparks
Temperance Appeal Urges Mothers To Guide Virtue
An undated temperance tract argues for female guardianship of children, condemns intoxication, and praises mothers as key to national virtue. It describes the harm of drink, the need for moral instruction, and the mother’s duty to raise capable citizens for the republic.
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Congress
Rights of Woman and justice in Georgia urged
The piece argues for protective rights for married women and criticizes the state legislature for opposing such laws. It warns about the dangers of male control, urges women to act for themselves, and calls for legal reforms reflecting the rights of women. It also notes New Orleans debates on a game called Keno and reports near-burials in St. Louis and a new type setting machine from Troy.
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New York Express
John V. Ford
Troy
Washington
Mr. Ford
Ancient shaving custom traced to Egypt and Joseph
The piece notes shaving predates common knowledge, citing Rosselini on Isaiah and Gliddon on Egyptian practices. It claims Jews were unshaved but Joseph shaved when summoned by Pharaoh, dating the custom to 1800 BCE and earlier Egyptian tomb sculptures. The author adds a humorous line about preferring to shave when expecting company.
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Rosselini
Gliddon
Joseph
Pharoah
Christ
Pyramids
Egypt
Man from Louisville Sentenced for Bigamy
John W. Jones of Louisville Kentucky was sent to the Penitentiary for living with two wives. He claimed his first wife would fight him leading him to take a second wife so they might fight and save him. This time Jones chose the greater of two evils.
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Poor Jones
John W. Jones
Louisville
Jones
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American Phrenological Journal and Miscellany
Fowler
John H. V. Hawkins
Charleston
S. C
Total Abstinence Society
State Temperance Society
Columbia
Temperance
Alabama
New York
Damocles
Cer
Europe
Berns
Georgia
New Orleans
Genois
St. Louis
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